Attachment for picker-sticks.



No. 659,034. Patented 0ct.2, I900. E. MERCHANT.

ATTACHMENT FOR PICKER STICKS. (Application filed June 25, 1900. v (No Model.)

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EUGENE MERCHANT, OF SKOWHEGAN, MAINE.

' ATTACHMENT FOR PlCKER-STICKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,034, dated October 2, 1900. Application filed June 28, 1900. fierial No. 21,965. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE MERCHANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Skowhegan, in the county of Somerset and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Picker- Sticks; and I do.declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments to looms, and especially to the provision of an imperforate picker-stick, adapted to be fulcrumed at its inner edge over a picker-stick stud, whereby the efficiency of the stick is increased by avoiding the aperturing of the stick to receive the stud, as is commonly done in the art at present.

My invention will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claim, and is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which drawings- Figure l is a side elevation of a picker-stick, showing in section the lower part of the stick and the plate secured thereto, which plate is fulcrumed on the picker-stick stud. Fig. 2 is a slightly-modified form of the socket-plate, the lower end being curved to fit under the bottom of the stick. Fig. 3 is a-rear eleva tion of the socket-plate, showing a stud fulcrumed in the socket of the plate, the figure showing a slightlymodified form of stud which is provided with integralshoulders.

Fig. 4 is a view showing the manner of applying my improved attachment to a pickerstick in which the usual picker-stick stud is employed, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a modification showing the socket-plate dispensed with and the lower end of the stick enlarged and fulcrumed on its edge over the picker-stick stud.

Reference now being had to the details of 5.0 the drawings by letter, A designates a pickerpicker-stick stud by which the stick is held to the loom. At any suitable location, preferably near the lower end of the stick and upon its inner edge, is fastened a plate B, of metal or any other suitable material. This plate may be secured to the stick by lagscrews B or in any other manner, and the points of fastening should be sufliciently distant from each other so as not to impair unnecessarily the strength of the stick. At the middle portion of said plate is a groove or socket D, formed in the outer face of said plate, and in this socket the picker-stick stud E, carried by the frame of the loom, is designed to be held. To the lower end of the picker-stick, on its outer face, is fastened one end of the strap F, the other end of which is connected to a coil-spring, as common in the art.

From the foregoing it will be observed that my improved attachment may be easily and quickly applied to any ordinary picker-stick and the usual picker-stick stud employed, which is fulcrumed in the socket or groove in the plate, the washers on the stud being held against the edges of the plate by means of pins passed through the stud.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a slight. modification of the shape of the socket or grooved plate in which the lower end of the plate is curved and adapted to fit under the end of the stick, and in Fig. 3 I have shown aslightlymodified form of stud which has integral shoulders E and E which may take the place of the washers commonly used on studs.

By myimproved attachment a bearing-surface for the stud is had in the edge of the metallic plate, which makes a steadier bearing on the stud than in the old bearing of wood, when the stud penetrated the pickerstick. The attachment also renders the application or detachment of the stick simple and easy.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a stick having its lower end enlarged, the usual aperture for receiving the stud being omitted and the inner edge of the enlarged portion having a groove and designed to be fulcrumed over the picker-stick stud, thus strengthening the stick at this point.

Having thus described my invention, what through the stick for the reception of the extended about the under end of the stick, as set forth I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE MERCHANT.

Witnesses:

VIVIAN GRAVES, ROLAND T. OATLIN. 

